The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-07-11
MONDAY, JULY II, 1887.
THE QUEENS HOSPITAL.



QneeTs Hospital
GENTLEMEN, have the honor, in
the absence Of your secretary, to pre-
sent the report from his department for
the biennial period just closed. Dur.
ing the period under review the Board
Of Trustees has held nine regular and
three special meetings; and there has
been one special meeting Of the corpo-
ration, the record Of which has been
read to you.
The medical department has been in
charge of DIR. Robl. McKibbin, assist.
ed by DR.. Henri McGrew until his
resignation in January, 1886; since
when DR.. John Brodie, duly elected
by the Trustees to the vacancy, has
filed the position Of assistant physi-
clan. Leave Of absence was granted
DIR. Brodie for three months beginning
June Ist, upon the condition Of his
providing an approved substitute, which
he has satisfactorily done in the person
OF DR.. f., Miner
Mr.. John Il. Eckardt has continued
to be the puryeyoE His efficient,
assistant, until his death in December
last, was Mr.. Carstens, who fell vic.
tim to typhoid fever, and since then
Mr.. Chapman has fulfilled that duty.
AT a meeting OF the Board held July
80, 1886, the matter Of the employ
ment of female nurse was discussed,
resulting in the authorization Of the
Executive Committee to procure suit
able person for that Office Mrs. Mary
Adams was secured at salary Of $500
per annum, and in her work thus far
has fully satisfied the management.
The purveyor has supplied me with
the following statistics; Number Of
patients in the hospital this date 81, Of
which aS are Hawaiians, 4 Chinese, !
Japanese and al Of other nationalities.
Admitted during the two years o32.
Total number OF deaths I35 in o3a
indoor patients would give the ratio OF
about 1877 per cent The average
death rate in I87o-IS8I was about
IL; in I88I-I883 about 9. The dis
pensary has supplied medicines under
professional advice free of charge to
3,ssI, against 4aso for the preceding
period.
The total expenditures Of the Queen:
Hospital for the past two years have
been 500, 367.44, included in which is
the sum of $4,000 from the Queer
Emma Legacy Fund, which has beer
invested by the Vice President an6
Treasurer upon real estate security f.l
term Of years at ~ per cent mel
interest per annum, under the author
ity given them'by the Trustees at
regular meeting.
Total receipts for the same period
aggregate $6I,543 O., fully detailed ir
the Treasurer's report and which shows
a balance due that officer OF $A573.So
In tine management OF the Legacy
fund and the real estate bequeathed by
the late Dowager Queen Emma, reso
buttons were also passed authorizing
the Vice President and Treasurer tC
make terms and execute leases for am
period not exceeding thirty years, anc
that the Treasurer be allowed a com
pensation of S per cent on the gros
amounts of rents and interest collected
he fling an approved bond in thu
sum of $4,000
Upon application being made to the
proper authorities the Trustees secur
ed large burial lot in the Makik
cemetery for the exclusive use of thu
hospital and which has been neatly
fenced.
AT a meeting of the Board helC
September IS, 1886, it was
Res0iDed, That the Treasurer anC
Secretary are hereby authorized to exc
cute for the consideration of one dolla
on behalf of the Queens Hospital I
Deed of Trust from Alex. ]. Cart
wright, Executor of the Will of the late
Queen Dowager Emma, conveying t
Hon. Chas. r. Bishop and his success
sors and Trustees the Hawaiian curl
osities which belonged to the said Dow
ager Queen and which she intended
should be so conveyed as indicated il
the codcil to her will signed Novembe
10, 1884, it being understood that sucl
curiosities are to be placed with othe
native curioslties which belonged t
the late Bernice Pauahi Bishop an'